Barbara Maria Stafford
Barbara Maria Stafford (* 1941 ) is an American art historian .
Life
Stafford graduated in 1964 her studies in philosophy and comparative literature at Northwestern University with a BA from the study continued from 1961 to 1962 at the Sorbonne in Paris continuing and eventually acquired in 1966 the MA in Art History (Art History) at Northwestern University. In 1972 she received her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. in art history.
She taught at the National College of Education (1969–70), at Loyola University, Chicago (1971–72), at the University of Delaware (1972–73), at the University of Chicago (1973–81) and as William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor (1981-95).
In 1995 she was awarded the Aby Warburg Foundation's Science Prize.
Fonts
- Symbol and Myth. Humbert de Superville's Essay on Absolute signs in Art. Cranbury, NJ: Associated University Presses, 1979.
- Voyage into Substance. Art, Science, Nature and the Illustrated Travel Account, 1760-1840. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 1984.
- Body Criticism. Imaging the Unseen in Enlightenment Art and Medicine. Cambridge, MA and London: MIT Press, 1991.
- Artful Science. Enlightenment, Entertainment and the Eclipse of Visual Education. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1994.
- Good looking. Essays on the Virtue of Images. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1996.
- Visual Analogy. Consciousness as the Art of Connecting. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1999.
- Zs. With Frances Terpak: Devices of Wonder. From the World in a Box to Images on a Screen. Catalog for an exhibition at the Getty Research, November 13, 2001 to February 6, 2002. (Getty Research Institute, 2001) Getty Catalog Press Release.
Web links
- Literature by and about Barbara Maria Stafford in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage
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| SURNAME | Stafford, Barbara Maria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American art historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1941 |